Listed Buildings In Keighley
Keighley is a civil parish in the metropolitan borough of the City of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. It contains 192 Listed building#England and Wales, listed buildings that are recorded in the National Heritage List for England. Of these, three are listed at Grade I, the highest of the three grades, three are at Grade II*, the middle grade, and the others are at Grade II, the lowest grade. The parish includes the town of Keighley, the settlements of East Morton, Hainworth, Ingrow, Laycock, West Yorkshire, Laycock, Oakworth, Oldfield, West Yorkshire, Oldfield, Riddlesden, and Utley, West Yorkshire, Utley, and the surrounding countryside and moorland. Until the late 18th century Keighley was a market town, and it then became a centre for the textile industry, with a great growth of population during the 19th century. The surrounding area is almost completely rural, with small scattered settlements. Most of the listed buildings are houses, cottage ...
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Keighley
Keighley ( ) is a market town and a civil parish in the City of Bradford Borough of West Yorkshire, England. It is the second largest settlement in the borough, after Bradford. Keighley is north-west of Bradford city centre, north-west of Bingley, north of Halifax and south-east of Skipton. It is governed by Keighley Town Council and Bradford City Council. Keighley sits between the counties of West Yorkshire, North Yorkshire and Lancashire. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, it lies between Airedale and Keighley Moors. At the 2011 census, Keighley had a population of 56,348. History Toponymy The name Keighley, which has gone through many changes of spelling throughout its history, means "Cyhha's farm or clearing", and was mentioned in the Domesday Book of 1086: "In Cichhelai, Ulchel, and Thole, and Ravensuar, and William had six carucates to be taxed." Town charter Henry de Keighley, a Lancashire knight, was granted a charter to hold a market in Keighley ...
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